How to Create and Customize Charts in Microsoft Word

Learn how to insert charts in Microsoft Word. Plus, learn how to update chart data, resize and reposition charts, and change chart colors.

These steps are for Word for Microsoft 365, Word 2024, Word 2021, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013.

This tutorial applies to all 17 of Word's prebuilt charts:
Column
Pie
Bar
Line
Area
Surface
Histogram
X Y (Scatter)
Radar
Box & Whisker
Map
Treemap
Waterfall
Stock
Sunburst
Funnel
Combo

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:13 How to insert a chart
4:17 How to update existing data in a chart
4:54 How to resize a chart
6:23 How to reposition a chart
7:22 How to change chart colors

📝Companion Blog Post/Transcript for this Video:
How to Create and Customize Charts in Microsoft Word
erinwrightwriting.com/charts-in-microsoft-word/

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